Lying ahull Running off and standing on.

Catamaran lying ahull. When lying a-hull the sails are usually taken down and the boat is turned beam to the seas and let take whatever course it pleases. There are some people who might choose to lie a-hull instead of heaving to. This strategy may work in limited situations when the waves are not too big the boat is far enough from land and shipping channels so that it doesnt matter how far the boat drifts downwind.

Lying ahull of course is a passive and very simple tactic. As the wind drags her through the water like a barn door she leaves an area of big eddies and swirls to windward. The skipper downed all sail and let the boat lie ahull he removed the rudders as they were getting a hammering this is possible on the Pahi 63 by lifting them up through their rudder wells.

Wilsons storm experience presumably has been in modern multihulls and fin keelers which need different handling in storms. When lying ahull cats and tris exhibit different characteristics. This isnt generally a good or acceptable practice for monohulls but a multihull with the boards up will generally move with the water and not capsize or trip.

A boat with a full-length keel will drift slowly sideways-on to the waves. For 15 years I have been the Multihull Expert sitting on the international Stability and Buoyancy committee that has been defining stability standards in part for the RCD. When lying ahull cats and tris exhibit different characteristics.

In all cases we have considered situations where sailing and following the boats course. Lying ahull Sea anchors Heaving-to Running off and standing on Speed controls 16. The engine compartments aft were much wetter than they should have been due to persistent leaks and this evidently had taken its toll.

A boat with a full-length keel will drift slowly sideways-on to. The buoyancy of the boat is also concentrated at the extremity of. By now wed been lying ahull for more than 12 hours.